Stevenson Archer

Stevenson Archer (11 October 1786-26 June 1848) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-MD 6) from 1811 to 1817 (succeeding John Montgomery and preceding Thomas Culbreth) and from MD-7 from 1819 to 1821 (succeeding Philip Reed and preceding Robert Wright).

Biography
Stevenson Archer was born in Churchville, Maryland in 1786, and he became a lawyer in Harford County in 1808. From 1809 to 1810, he served in the House of Delegates, and he went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1811 to 1817 and from 1819 to 1821. He was a firm War Hawk, supporting preparations for the War of 1812. He went on to serve as chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1844 until his death in 1848. His son Stevenson Archer Jr. also served in the US Congress.